US: Rancho Poultry opening $43 mln processing facility

Rancho Poultry is opening a 100,000-square-foot processing facility, built
for $43 mln, in Lebanon, Kentucky, resulting in 250 jobs in the
area.

The new plant will reportedly be capable of processing 60 million pounds of
partially cooked, battered and breaded chicken products each year. A third
product line is also being considered by the company.

Rancho Poultry is a supplier of processed chicken to restaurants and
foodservice establishments such as McDonald's.